International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 ResearchGate Impact Factor (2018): 0.28 | SJIF (2018): 7.426 The Buddhist Approach to Establish Peace through Five Precepts Ven. Nyanika Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy (SIBA). Pallekele, Kundasale, Srilanka Abstract: The Buddha is endowed with great compassion and wisdom. His advice to mankind is to be free from suffering and causing any inflict on any living being. Every being likes happiness and wellbeing (sukhakāmāni bhūtāni).In this world, the goal of Buddhism is peace. In Buddhist society said that Buddhism has been knowns as the most peaceful religion among world religions. There is no any war in history of the world shows that Buddhists have not cause any conflict with the name of Buddhism since of Buddhism had founded by Gotama Buddha who always taught non-violence and compassion to his follower and attended or disciples. Buddha expressed the PañcaSīla, five precepts for lay peoples which will prove beneficial for them to live peaceful, harmonious life in society and with an amicable way. The basic one for everybody is the Five Precepts, providing the foundation for societal relationships for good cooperation and not taking advantage of others, in order to maintain peace and happiness for the society. Therefore, five precepts is not only the foundation to peace for the individual but also for public society. The best way of practicing loving-kindness is the basic teaching in Buddhism. The prime source ofdestroyer of peace is mental action which spring from lobha (greed), Dosa (hatred), and Moha (delusion) which are the unwholesome. Before Buddha passing a way three months his disciple Ananda asked about who will become our teacher after you got parinibbana, the Buddha replied my Dhamma and Vinaya will become your teacher and successors which guide humanity to walk on the path of Nibbana. Keywords: Buddhist, Peace, Loving-kindness Conflict, Five Precepts, war 1. Introduction training.1 We must not think only do destructive war, chemical wars, atomic bombs which could wipe out Buddhism has many ethical principles. But the basic moral humanity and other forms of life on the earth, but also of of Buddhism is the five precepts. The purpose is to eliminate man’s violence against plant life, against atmosphere in crude passions that are expressed through thought, word and general too could cause irrecoverable damage. We can say deed. Five precepts were structure by the Gotama Buddha the basic precepts in Buddhism, the five precepts to start in 6th century B.C for his followers to know what to do and with, is a good beginning for those who search for a way of what not to do. We believe that five precepts are very avoiding war and creating peace in the world. Buddha important principle of creating a special personality for expressed the PañcaSīla, five precepts for lay peoples which oneself, beinging peace and community, famility, country, will prove beneficial for them to live peaceful, harmonious society and all living beings.To establish peace, the Buddha life in society and with an amicable way. The basic one for taught to his follower to observe five precepts – abstaining everybody is the Five Precepts, providing the foundation for from killing living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, societal relationships for good cooperation and not taking telling lie, and intoxiciants - as a law of conduct in taming advantage of others, in order to maintain peace and 2 one’s body, speech and mind. If onedoes not take life, it happiness for the society. The first precept in the means a person protects life. Do not take what’s not given, PañcaSīlais abstinence from taking life or killing. Moring one protects the property of others. Do not engage in sexual and evening, Buddhist s observe these precepts, to stop misconduct, one protects his family from negative ill -will. killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, taking alcohol, and Do not false speech, one builds trust and positive telling lies. Anybody can understand that if one abstains or relationship with others people. Do not use intoxicants and prevents from these vices; killing, stealing, sexual drugs, one has a clarity of mind and is free from making misconduct, addiction to alcohol and telling lies there will be wrong decisions and preventing wrong actions from harming peace of mind of the individual and, it the world is filled others.. All human beings around the world reflect deeply on with such persons, there will be permanent peace. the cause of violence and how it can be removed from our live. Every conflicts, problems, wars are arising due to The SaṃyuttaNikāya, the Buddha has been given a beautiful Lobha (agreed), Dosa (hatred), and Moha (delusion), those and most genuineness axion, “I will protect others, three unwholesome are called akusala in Buddhism. The five bhikkhus: Thus, should the establishments of mindfulness by precepts form the essential for one’s spiritual development practiced. Protecting oneself, bhikkhus, one protects others; 3 as expounded in the Noble Eightfold path, which can be protecting others, one protects oneself.” Hence, when classified as ethical conduct Sila (morality), Sammadhi people are practicing the five precepts scrupulously able to (concentration) and Panna (wisdom). protect oneself and others. 1) The Buddhist approach to establish peace through five precepts Sīla consists of Right speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood. These three path factors are the basic for all 1 Bhikkhu Moneyya, 2006, P. 15 good conduct, as well as the foundation of all Buddhist 2SauwalakKittiprapas, 2016, P. 61 3 Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2000, P. 1648 Volume 9 Issue 1, January 2020 www.ijsr.net Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY Paper ID: ART20204157 DOI: 10.21275/ART20204157 1165 International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 ResearchGate Impact Factor (2018): 0.28 | SJIF (2018): 7.426 To control the mind, it is necessary to abstain from doing 2) Encourages others to abstain from the destruction of life evil and to do merit. It is necessary to purify the mind, too. 3) Approves of abstaining from the destruction of life.9 Thus, the Dhammapada says: Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one’s mind, The Buddha never encourage killing living beings, but Sri this is the teaching of the Buddhas.4 Lanka Chronical of Mahāvamsa said that the arahants in Piyangudipa knowing Duṭṭhagāmani’s remorse sent a group Through these five precepts step by step we can discuss of eight holy monks to comfort him; when Duṭṭhagāmani because there are many kinds of ethical and moral values. confessed that he had slaughtered million, what they said to The five precepts do not essentially make and individual Duṭṭhagāmanito eliminate his remorse is highly problematic: Buddhist. They are the basic ethics observing by Buddhist in From this deed arise no hindrance in the way to heaven. day to day life. Some people believe that these are the basic Only one and a half human beings haven been a slain here ethical foundation of Buddhism but this is not the final script by thee, O lord of men. The one had come unto the (three) our ultimate goal of Buddhism. The basic fundamentals of refuges, the other had taken on himself the five precepts. Buddhism are deeper and philosophical than this. And also, This passage in the Mahāvamsa seems to suggest that the Buddha described the benefit of morality into the certain forms of violence such as killings during war can be AṅguttaraNikāya, “Ānanda asked the Buddha, what is the allowed in certain circumstance such as in the case of threats purpose and benefit of wholesome virtuous behavior? The to the survival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka during the time of Buddha’s answer was following. Duṭṭhagāmani.10Actually, in Rajjasutta11 of the SaṃyuttaNikāya, Buddha was alone in seclusion, a reflection Ānanda, the purpose and benefit of wholesome virtuous arose in his mind thus: “is it possible to exercise rulership behavior is non-regret, the purpose and benefit of non-regret righteously: without killing and without instigating others to is joy, the purpose and benefit of joy is rapture, tranquility, kill.” Sutta said that the Buddha himself never kill any pleasure, concentration; concentration has seeing things as beings. they really are; seeing things as they really are has disenchantment and dispassion; disenchantment is This precept has a message for human beings to protect the dispassion have knowing and seeing as their object and lives of all living beings including animals. This is the very profit or the purpose and benefit of dispassion is the good quotation in to the SamyuttaNikāya, here is the Buddha knowledge and vision of liberation.5 mentioned to Mallikā “Hence one who loves himself should not harm others”12. This precept inculcates virtues like And through observing these precepts anybody can start the loving-kindness and compassion in the minds of the person. way to the ultimate reality and deeper philosophical stages Through practice of this precept in life human beings can of Buddhism. Here the benefit of morality, the Buddha said learn to respect not only their lives but the lives of all living that beings. The preaching and practice of this precept we can avoid war and all kinds of violence or conflict. The “Bhikkhus, for a virtuous person, for one whose behavior is humanity which is afflicted nowadays with the problem virtuous, non-regret possesses its proximate cause.6” terrorism all over the world can get relief by the strict observance of this precept. Buddha has condemned all And this is the better begging path of the way of lie. killing, whether it is for pastime, or for sacrifice, or in Observance of five precepts in everyday promotoes the warfare.